Sore Feet Throat Stomach Operation I Adjective Bre

• to have a sore throat
• his feet were sore after the walk.
• my stomach is still sore (= painful) after the operation.
• is your knee still painful?

sore

1. if a part of your body is sore, it is painful, and often red, especially because of infection or because a muscle has been used too much
• to have a sore throat
• His feet were sore after the walk.
• My stomach is still sore (= painful) after the operation.
• Is your knee still painful?
• a series of painful injections
• a slow and painful death
• a sore throat
• Their feet were sore after hours of walking.
• The skin on her feet had been rubbed raw.
• The wound had become inflamed.
• She felt a burning sensation in her throat.
• an itchy rash
• I feel itchy all over.
2. upset and angry, especially because you have been treated unfairly
• synonym annoyed
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/annoyed
3. bad-tempered or in a bad-tempered way
• I should keep out of his way. He’s like a bear with a sore head this morning.
4. a person or thing that you are pleased to see; something that is very pleasant to look at
5. a subject that makes you feel angry or upset when it is mentioned
• See related entries: Anger
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/anger/sore_2
• It's a sore point with Sue's parents that the children have not been baptized yet.
6. to be very noticeable in an unpleasant way
• The blue building stood out like a sore thumb among the whitewashed villas.
• If you wear a suit to the party, you’ll stand out like a sore thumb.

Extra Examples

• My stomach is still sore after the operation.
• Their feet were sore after hours of walking.
• When I woke up my head was sore and throbbing.

Word Origin

• Old English sār (noun and adjective), sāre (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeer ‘sore’ and German sehr ‘very’.